Skirt or attachment therefor.



No.'8 5 3,993. I PATENTED MAY 21, 1907.

W. PADERNAGHT.

[SKIRT OR ATTAGHMENT 'THERBPOR. Arrmog'rionifnvnn MAY'ZS, 1906.

, To a ll 'ichomi i I Beit know N that I, WiLLIAM'PnDERNAen'r,

affcit'izen. ofgthe United",Statesi'residing atv New York, infthe county of New York and UNITED STATE PATEN OFFICE;

WI LIAM P DERNACHT, OFYNEW YORK, Y.assertscataract; TO

SAM JARETJSKQI, OE.-NEW.YORK,IN. Y. a '1 SKIRT on ATTACHMENT" HERE OR.

No. 853,993. I

mmy concern;

State, of New York, haveinvented'eertain new and e'ful Improvements in Skirts or Attachments Therefor, of which the follow. ing' is .afspecification, referencelbeing had" therein to the accompanyingdrawings N This invention relates ,to improvements. in

skirts, and has for its object the provision of improved 'lneans whereby to'close the usual] placket opening andpermit a' wide range, of

adjustment of the waistband.

The invention com 'rehends theprovision of a waist band andwith fastening instrumentalities arranged to secure the folded' ortions of the.skirt,in-

cident to their a justment,-to said .back-' piece, whereby the bends of the folds may closely approach or abut and be always directly in the center of the back; and also whereby eachof the layers of the folds will be engaged to insure their retention in adjusted position so that the'skirt when in use, and irrespective of its degree of adjustment at the waist, will hang smoothly and closely fit the body.

The inventionfurther embraces the provision of two pairs of hooks, or their equivalents, carried by the back-piece, .one pair adapted to engage each of the folded portions of the skirt, whereby it will be held at two separated points; and more specifically, such hooks soarranged that thetongues of each pair will engage through eyelets on'the folded portions of the skirt in relatively dif frent operating planes to revent escape of said eyelets from both hoo s of a air by a movement of the folded portions 0 the skirt in any one direction. 7

The. hooks just referred to are preferably, though in some instances not essentially of'a spring-tongue type made in keeping with my,"

present invention.

All of the foregoing characteristics of my connection with the accompan ing drawings forming a part hereof, and w erein Ihave illustrated a convenient embodiment of the lnvention.

. z Specification of LettersTaJten-t. g i Kpplication filed May 28, 1906- SerialNoi 319,155. I

wherein like reference character back-piece provided i rateiited May 21,1907.

' In the drawings: Figure liis an eljevational viewiof the skirt, the parts beingshewn as separated with the plucketopen; Fig; an

enlarged elevation showing the man er i; se; curing the folds together and .clqsing "the placket; Fig. 3 is a sectional viewitiaken on the line ac e: of Fig. 2 and Figs. 4and 5 are detailperspective and sectionalv viewsof one of the hooks.

Referring more "specifically .to th corresponding parts in the several A designates a skirt which is slit atits-top, as

at a -a, to providev a narrow back-piece J3,

and C represents the waist band. cfit the ends of the waist band, int hose portions of the skirt D and E which immediately adjoin the hackpieceB, I- provide a multitude of eyelets F of equal nuinher at each end "of the waist band, and the eyelets of each series being so arran ed with respect to each other, that those of the several layers will register when the portions D and E of the skirt are folded to secure the desiredadjustment of the waist band. I

On the back piece B, I secure two pairs of hooks G and H, the former adapted to engage the folded portion D of the skirt, and the latter the folded portion E of the skirt in a mannerto insure close association of these two folded portions on a line directly in the center of the hack of the skirt, as shown in Fig. 2. Each of the hooks is of a springtong'ue" typ'. and upon inspection of Figs. 4

and 5, "it will he seen that each hook -com' prises a perforated securing plate 2, a tongue 3 pivoted at 4 to one end of the plate, and

said tongue having "a flattened tail-piece 5 adapted to be engaged by a spring 6 in open or closed position. to hold the tongue in either of said positions, the spring in turn being secured to the bottom of the plate 2 through the medium of lugs 7 struck out from said plate and bent down over and upon, said' spring.

The-arrangement of the hooks upon the back-piece is such that those of each pair will have their tongues arranged in different operating planes, preferably at right angles,

so that when engaging the folded portions of the skirt, a movement of the same in any one direction cannot disengage both hooks, thus insuring against accidental unfastening.

In adjusting the skirt, it is simply neces sary to fold the portions D and E of the skirt inwardly upon themselves and to the same extent at each side of the back-piece, and to engage said folded ortionsover the hooks, 5 the hooks being initially opened to facilitate such en agement. When proper] engaged, the hoo s *will through eye ets on all layers of' the fol s, and securely fasten them at-two separated points and in such close so proximity that the skirt; will have the a pearance of being provided with a seam (E- rectly downthe middle of the back; and owing to the fastening of each layer of thefolds the skirt will hang smoothly and preifi'sen't arrest and finished appearance upon the wearer 1 I claim: I v I L In-a skirt, a back-piece, eyeleted portiohsadapted to be folded and laid-upon said =16} back piece, and two pairs of fastening devices secured-to and carried by said back piece ad apted to, pass through registering eyec ets on each-of said portion: when folded, 3 whereby to secure the layers of each fold in :5 place atseparated ints.

2. .In-a' sk1rt,'-a ack-Kiece, eyeleted portions adapted to be folde and laid upon said backpiece, and two pairs of hooks secured to and carried by said back piece adapted to tions adapted to be folded and laid upon said pass through registering-eyeletson each of said portions when folded wherebyto secure the layers of each foldin place at separated points, said hooks being arranged to have their tongues occupy relatively fl'erent plan'es' when in securing position to insure against accidental unfastening-of the folded portions by a movement in an one direction.-

3.- In a skirt, a bac iece, aneyeleted portion adapted to be fol ed and laid upon said back piece, and a fastening devise secured to and carried? by said-back piece adapted to pass through registering eyelets on said portion vwhen folded whereby to secure the layers of thefold in place.

* 4. In a skirt, a back piece, eyeleted porbackpiece, and fastening devicessecured to and carried by said "back piece arranged whereby one ofsaid devices 'Wlll pass through registerin eyelets oneach of 'said portions when fol ed and secure thelayers of each fold in place. n A

Intestimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM PADERNACHT.

'Witnesses:

ANNIE FAssLnR, SAMUEL Human. 

